| |
News Details
|
Hasina drafts 6 members into cabinet, makes reshuffle |
31 / 7 / 2009
|
|
|
|
The prime minister said that the objective of the expansion of the cabinet ‘is to unburden the cabinet of the workload in implementing the national budget’. She also made a reshuffle in the ministries of home, foreign affairs, energy, and environment and forest.
The ruling Awami League has ignored party stalwarts in naming new members to the cabinet. Hasina, also the Awami League president, on Friday dropped such stalwarts from the party leadership.
However, this was the second expansion of, but the first reshuffle in, the cabinet after the Awami League-led government had assumed office on January 6 following a landslide victory in the December 2008 general elections. Hasina expanded her cabinet first on January 24 by inducting six state ministers.
The president, Zillur Rahman, administered oath to the new cabinet members at about 11:00am in a ceremony at Bangabhaban where Hasina, a handful of ministers, lawmakers and high civil and military officials were present.
Mohammad Shahjahan Khan, lawmaker for the Madaripur-2 constituency, was made a minister.
Retired brigadier Enamul Huq, lawmaker for the Chapainawabganj 1 constituency, retired captain Dr Mujibur Rahman Fakir, lawmaker for Mymensingh 3, and Promod Mankin, lawmaker for Mymensingh 1, Mahbubur Rahman, lawmaker for Patuakhali 4, and Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury, lawmaker (reserved seat) of Noakhali, were made state ministers.
According to the Cabinet Division notification, Shahjahan Khan was made the shipping minister replacing Afsarul Amin, who was moved to the primary and mass education ministry.
Enamul Haque was made state minister for energy, power and mineral resources, replacing Shamsul Haque Tuku who was made state minister for home affairs to fill in the position after the resignation of Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj.
Dr Hasan Mahmud, who was state minister for foreign affairs, was sent to the environment and forest ministry, replacing Mustafizur Rahman, who was made state minister for land.
Of the newly appointed state ministers, Dr Mujibur Rahman was given the charge of the health ministry, Pramod Mankin the charge of the cultural affairs ministry, Shirin Sharmin the charge of the women and children affairs and Mahbubur Rahman the charge of the water resources ministry.
After the swearing-in ceremony, Hasina told reporters that a tremendous workload had necessitated the latest expansion of the council of ministers. ‘We have a number of ministers, but as we have given the budget, the workload of the people in charge of the ministries is increasing,’ she said, adding that they needed to expand the cabinet for a successful implementation of the national budget.
The prime minister said the people who took oath as cabinet members were all competent. ‘Let us see how they perform.’
In reply to a question on the formation of her party’s central executive committee from where heavyweights were dropped, Hasina said the country needed new leadership and the change was made in consultation with the party grassroots. She said she wanted to run the party with the combined strength of old and new faces.
10 killed in Lama hill landslide
Staff Correspondent
At least 10 people, including six of a family, were buried alive in landslides triggered by rain at Aziznagar and Gazalia of Lama in Bandarban early Friday, the police said.
The landslides occurred at about 3:00am burying alive the victims, living in bamboo huts at the foot of the hills, the police said, quoting local residents.
Fire service rescuers from neighbouring Satkania, Chakaria and Pekua dug out the bodies in the afternoon in their efforts for more than six hours, the residents said.
Nine others were also injured in the landslide caused by rainfall that had continued for three days, said the local administration, adding many areas in the Bandarban district headquarters, Aziznagar, Gazalia, Lama and Fasiakhali went under water gushing out of the hills.
The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said 225 millimetres of rainfall were recorded at Lama in 24 hours till 6:00am Friday and the amount is the highest in the country recorded on the day.
The six of a single family who died in the landslide are Abul Hossain, 60, his wife Amina Khatun, 50, his mother-in-law Gulzar Begum, 100, son Md Yunus, 17, daughter Setara Bibi, 12, and grandson Omar Faruque, 11, according to the police.
Three-year-old Rifat and Rehana Akhter, 11, of Teluniapara, Md Alamgir Hossain, 28, of Sandwippara, and four-year-old Ferdous of Gazalia at Lama were also killed in the landslide.
The injured include Jahangir, 20, and Nazim, 17 of Azaiznagar, and seven others of Gazalia.
Reports from Chittagong said a woman was injured in a landslide in a hill near the Hill-View Housing Society at Panchlaish. |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
| More Newses |
|
| All Newses : |
| |
| Ex-Bangladesh finance minister dies in car crash |
| 5 / 9 / 2009 |
| DHAKA — A former Bangladeshi finance minister credited with setting the impoverished country on the path to economic reform died Saturday in a car accident, police said.
M. Saifur Rahman, the second-highest official of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was travelling to the capital Dhaka when his car spun out of control and veered into a ditch, police said.
|
| |
| Details |
|
| Bangladesh struggle as Windies eye rare win |
| 2 / 8 / 2009 |
| BASSETERRE, St Kitts — Bangladesh suffered a batting meltdown and were restricted to 118 for nine in a Twenty20 International against West Indies on Sunday.
Reckless batting epitomised by four needless run outs undermined the Tigers\' batting at Warner Park in their climax to a highly successful trip to the Caribbean.
|
| |
| Details |
|
| Bangladesh complete Windies series whitewash |
| 1 / 8 / 2009 |
| BASSETERRE, St Kitts — Half-centuries from Junaid Siddique and Mahmudullah led Bangladesh to a three-wicket victory, and a 3-0 cleansweep of the one-day international series over West Indies on Friday.
Siddique struck six fours in 55 from 73 balls, and Mahmudullah, who was named man-of-the-match, hit two fours and one six in an unbeaten 51 from 70 balls to help Bangladesh overhaul a victory target of 249 in the third and final ODI at Warner Park.
|
| |
| Details |
|
| Windies choose to bat against Bangladesh |
| 31 / 7 / 2009 |
| BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — West Indies won the toss and elected to bat in the third and final One-day International against Bangladesh on Friday at Warner Park.
West Indies have made two changes with Kieran Powell and Nikita Miller replacing Dale Richards and Rawl Lewis. |
| |
| Details |
|
| Bangladesh PM Hasina expands cabinet |
| 31 / 7 / 2009 |
| DHAKA — Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina added half a dozen new faces to her cabinet Friday and shuffled other ministers in a bid to improve the government\'s performance.
The cabinet expansion was the second since Hasina took office in January.
The six new members, which bring to 44 the number in the cabinet including the premier, were sworn in by president Zillur Rahman at his palace. |
| |
| Details |
|
| Hasina drafts 6 members into cabinet, makes reshuffle |
| 31 / 7 / 2009 |
| The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Friday drafted six members into her cabinet and reshuffled some of its portfolios.
The total number of cabinet members now stands at 44 — 25 ministers and 19 state ministers. |
| |
| Details |
|
| Muhith confesses, whitening of black money unethical : Govt takes challenge of implementing budget |
| 13 / 6 / 2009 |
| Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday admitted that the government had to compromise with a vested quarter and re-introduced the provision of whitening black money in the proposed budget against the moral belief of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and himself.
The Finance Minister, flanked by Cabinet Ministers, Advisers to the Prime Minister and senior officials concerned, was addressing a crowded post-budget press conference at the NEC auditorium yesterday afternoon.
|
| |
| Details |
|
| Saifur retires from politics |
| 18 / 4 / 2009 |
| Announcing his self-willing retirement from politics, BNP standing committee member and former finance minister M Saifur Rahman yesterday submitted his resignation letter to the party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.
Citing health he said that his present health condition \'does not permit\' him to continue politics.
|
| |
| Details |
|
| Cyclone weakens, crosses coastline: 6 dead, score others injured |
| 18 / 4 / 2009 |
| he cyclone Bijli crossed the country on Saturday late night leaving at least six people dead, injuring dozens of others and damaging vast areas of farmland with Boro paddy.
A met office official said the cyclone had passed the southeastern coastlines on Saturday night with a weakened strength.
|
| |
| Details |
|
| Cabinet decides to cancel lease of Mainul Road residence: Khaleda to be evicted from Cantt home |
| 8 / 4 / 2009 |
| The government yesterday decided to cancel the lease of the residence of Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia at 6 Mainul Road in Dhaka Cantonment.
The decision forfeiting the allotment of the house given to the Zia family was taken at a cabinet meeting yesterday just after a week of the Prime Minister\'s call to the opposition leader in Parliament to vacate the house for the sake of rehabilitation of the family members of the army officers slain in the carnage at the BDR headquarters on February 25-26. |
| |
| Details |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
Go to Archive |
|
